SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL

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1 SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL FINAL ACCOUNTS The Parish Council s financial year runs from 1st April until 31st March in the year following. The accounts are produced on a Receipts and Payments basis. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Responsible Finance Officer (RFO) Report 2. Receipts and Payments 3. Payments over Land Owned 5. Membership & Representatives 6. Annual Return 7. Bank Reconciliation 8. External Audit Certificate Cllr Reg Thompson Mr Brian Lloyd Chairman Syderstone Parish Council Clerk to the Parish Council 4 Rectory Gardens 2 Silver Drive The Street Dersingham Syderstone Kings Lynn Kings Lynn Norfolk Norfolk PE31 6YB PE31 8SD Tel: Tel: reg@syderstone.com ParishClerk@syderstone.com

2 SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL Financial Report for the Year Ending 31 March 2017 The attached shows the Receipts, Payments and Cash in Bank for 2016/17 and also for 2015/16 for comparison. Receipts The Precept for 2016/17 was 8653 and 350 for CTS Relief Grant compared to a Precept of 8640 and CTS Relief Grant 410 for the previous year. Bank interest remained extremely low on the Tracker Account and no interest was paid for the last quarter and none to be paid in the future. Grants were received from the Jack s Lane Windfarm Fund ( 5000) and Tesco Bags for Help ( 8000) making in total which was used to purchase a zip wire, buddy board and Rock N Roll equipment for the playing field. Payments As can be seen from the attached the Payments for 2016/17 are 4989 more than the Payments for 2015/16. The increases were mainly due to the purchase of the new play equipment and the vat on the increased expenditure however there was a large reduction for the maintenance of the playing field compared to the previous year. Cash in Bank At 31 March was held in the Community account and in the Tracker account with no unpresented cheques. A balance of to be carried forward, an increase of from the balance at the beginning of the year. Again a much larger than usual VAT repayment ( ) is to be repaid next financial year. Financial Control The Parish Clerk/RFO raises the cheques for all payments and two authorised Councillors sign the cheques. The bank statements are checked and signed each month by both the Chairman and the Clerk and every three months by the Clerk, Chairman and another Councillor. An internal audit was again carried out by Mrs Denise Goff for no charge, for which the Parish Council are extremely grateful. An external audit will be carried out by Mazars LLP and the books of account will be available for inspection by the public. Brian Lloyd Syderstone Parish Clerk/RFO

3 SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT AS AT 31 MARCH / /17 NOTES RECEIPTS Balance brought forward Precept Repayment of VAT Bank Interest Newsletter Adverts CTS Relief Grant NCF Grant (Playing Field) Tesco Grant (Playing Field) Clerk's Tax Rebate Total Income PAYMENTS Audit Streetlighting Hall Hire Insurance Subscriptions Playing field & footpaths Clerk's salary net Clerk's salary tax Clerk's tax rebate Clerk's expenses Cllr expenses Newsletter printing Section Section 214 Cemetery VAT paid TROD Instalations Rudham Road Playing Field equipment (NCF) Board & Rocker Playing Field equipment (Tesco) Zip Wire Total Expenditure Balance Carried Forward CASH IN BANK Community Account Business Base Rate Tracker Account Less cheques not presented Balance carried forward Chairman Clerk Internal Auditor

4 SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL - PAYMENTS OVER 100 FOR 2016/17 Date Payee Service Amount 21/4/2016 Amy Robsart Hall Annual hall hire /4/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /4/2016 NALC Annual subscription /4/2016 Norfolk County Cncl Rudham Road Trod /5/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /5/2016 Came & Company Annual insurance premium /5/2016 Gt Mass Cars Annual grant /5/2016 Westcotec Limited Annual Street lighting maint /6/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /6/2016 TTSR Limited Grass cutting /7/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /9/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay Aug /9/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay Sept /9/2016 TTSR Limited Grass cutting /10/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /10/2016 TTSR Limited Grass cutting /10/2016 Wicksteed Leisure Zipwire purchase /10/2016 Wicksteed Leisure Play equipment purchase /11/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /11/2016 TTSR Limited Grass cutting /11/2016 Mazars LLP External Audit Fee /12/2016 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /1/2017 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /2/2017 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay /3/2017 Brian Lloyd Clerk's monthly net pay

5 SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL PUBLIC LAND OWNED AS AT 31 MARCH 2017 The Playing Field at the end of Norman Way PE31 8TH and the Footway from Norman Way PE31 8TH to the telephone box at The Street PE31 8SD. The Playing Field area is 0.92 acre. The Footway is 144 yards long of varying width, totalling approx 0.10 acre. The land is owned by and managed by Syderstone Parish Council, under land registry title number NK The Playing Field and The Footway were acquired on 18 May The Playing Field and the Footway were part of Syderstone School and both were acquired from Norfolk County Council, when the school was closed. The land was purchased for 4,150 but there is a Deed of Covenant such that if the land is sold, then additional moneys would be due to Norfolk County Council. The Playing Field is used as a children s playground with several pieces of play equipment installed, e.g. swings, slide, etc. together with a central grassed area for independent play. The Footway is used by residents of Norman Way to gain pedestrian access to the telephone box and bus stop, and it is used by other residents of the village to gain pedestrian access to Norman Way and the children s playground. Filename: Accounts Land.doc

6 SYDERSTONE PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP & REPRESENTATIVES The Parish Council subscribed to the following organisations: Norfolk Association of Local Councils (NALC) 129 Great Massingham Community Cars Scheme 150 The Parish Council appointed representatives to the following organisations: Syderstone Parochial Church Council (Cllr Taylor) Amy Robsart Village Hall Committee (Cllr MacArthur) Great Massingham Community Cars Scheme (Cllr Taylor) Jacks Lane Fund Panel (Cllr Taylor) Safer Neighbourhood Action Panel (Cllr Martin Bateman) The Parish Council made the following financial appointments: Cheque signatories, any two from three, (Cllr Thompson, Cllr Taylor & Cllr Daly) Internal Auditor (Mrs D Goff) External Auditors (Mazars LLP) The following persons served as Parish Councillors Cllr Reg Thompson (Chairman) Cllr Gerry Taylor (Vice Chairman) Cllr Mick Askew Cllr David Daly Cllr Malcolm MacArthur (resigned & moved house) Cllr Martin Bateman Cllr Madeleine Thompson (resigned & moved house) Cllr Michael Beauchamp (co-opted) Filename: Accounts Membership.doc

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11 Bank reconciliation Syderstone Parish Council Financial Year Ending 31 March 2017 Prepared by Brian Lloyd Clerk/RFO 5 April 2017 Balance per bank statements at 31 March 2017 Tracker Account Community Account Less: unpresented cheques at 31 March 2017 (None) (0.00) Net balances as at 31 March The net balances reconcile to the Cash Book (receipts and payments account) for the year, as follows:- CASH BOOK Opening Balance 1 April Add: Receipts in the year Less: Payments in the year ( ) Closing balance as per cash book (receipts and payments book) as at 31 March

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